Cultural Influence
Soup beans were such a staple during the winter that general stores, when they began carrying dried beans, carried 50 lb. bags alongside the typical 1, 2, & 5 lb. bags. Soup beans are often re-cooked as fried bean cakes, or made into mountain chili the next day. In the winter months, a pot of beans simmered on the stove of every house every day.1
Pinto beans, along with corn meal, represent an unusual connection between mountain and southwestern and Mexican cuisine.
Beans are known for causing flatulence or excessive gas. One old wives' tale says, "to prevent this, cook a potato in the beans; The potato absorbs the gas but be careful when you dispose of the potato because you now have a 'Hillbilly' hand grenade." However, the flatulence caused by eating beans is a result of the digestion process and bacterium in the intestines.
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